Neighbor Sports

Baseball, softball

Players wanted: The Sports Academy Northwest, 355 Hastings Drive, Buffalo Grove, is seeking a players for its 13-year-old travel team.

The team will train twice a week beginning Dec. 1 at the indoor, turfed complex. Players and parents are also welcome to attend the "Parent/Player Meeting" at 2 p.m. Sunday at The Sports Academy, to meet the professional staff and other travel team participants.

For details, visit www.TSANorthwest.com; call Peter M. Caliendo at (847) 946-8838; or e-mail peter@tsanorthwest.com.

Basketball

3-on-3 tourney: Prospect High School Athletic Boosters will sponsor its annual preseason 3-on-3 basketball tournament Oct. 14 at Prospect High School, 801 W. Kensington Road, Mount Prospect.

The tournament is open to boys and girls in fourth through 12th grades. The entry fee of $100 per team guarantees each team a minimum of three games. All proceeds benefit Prospect Athletic Boosters.

For details or a registration form, contact Lori Frasco at (847) 670-7811, Bill Reed at (847) 272-6010 or visit www.prospectknights.com.

Teams forming: Next Level Basketball Academy in the Schaumburg and Hoffman Estates area is now forming fall and winter basketball teams for boys in fifth to 10th grades. For details, call (847) 508-2721 or e-mail nlba1@yahoo.com.

Soccer

Travel tryouts: Palatine Celtic Soccer High School Boys travel tryouts for the 2007-08 season will be Oct. 13 and 14 at Celtic Park. Times are 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. for the U15-U16 team and 5 to 7 p.m. for the U17-U19 team. The rain date is Oct. 28 at the same times.

Registration fees are $50 for residents, $63 for the high school district and $75 for nonresidents.

For details, visit www.palatinecelticsc.com.

High school tryouts: Real Chicago FC will hold its 2007-08 High School U15 to U18 tryouts from 9 to 11 a.m. Oct. 21 at Maine West High School, 1755 S. Wolf Road, Des Plaines. The fields are located behind the football stadium. Registration forms may be downloaded off the Real Chicago FC Web site, www.realchicagofc.com. For details, call (847) 392-4209.

Swimming

Feeder team tryouts: CASH Aquatics, swimming, diving and water polo feeder teams for District 211 is holding tryouts for the fall/winter swim team at 7 p.m. Monday nights at Conant High School (enter through door 5), 700 E. Cougar Trail, Hoffman Estates.

The high school program is available outside of their high school season.

There is a minimum swimming requirement based on age. All who try out must reside within the High School District 211 boundaries. Athletes ages 5 to 18 are welcome.

CASH Diving tryouts are at the same time and place. Participants must register with the AAU prior to getting onto the diving boards. This program is open to both girls and boys who are at least in fifth grade. There is a minimum swimming requirement to join the diving team. High school girls and boys can participate outside their high school season.

CASH Water Polo, open to students who are at least in fifth grade, will hold tryouts later. There are swimming requirements to join this team. High school students can participate through their high school swimming and diving season but outside their water polo season.

For information, e-mail CASHAquatics@comcast.net or visit CASHAquatics.com.

Volleyball

Fall camps: Sky High Volleyball will hold "Volleykids," a fall camp for students in fourth to eighth grades Sunday evenings, Oct. 7 to Dec. 16, at the following locations.

• Grades six to eight: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Libertyville, and 6 to 7:30 p.m. Prairie Stone

• Grades four to eight: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Crystal Lake.

The cost is $120 per athlete for the 10-week sessions, which includes 15 hours of instruction.

Sky High Athletic Center is at 220 Exchange Drive, Suite F, Crystal Lake; Libertyville Sports Complex, 1950 N. Route 45, Libertyville; and Prairie Stone Sports & Wellness Center, 5050 Sedge Blvd., Hoffman Estates.

To register, call Sky High at (815) 356-0006 or visit www.skyhighvolleyball.org.

Side Out tryouts: Side Out Volleyball Association, an area Junior Olympic Volleyball Program, will hold tryouts for boys and girls at DuPage Training Academy, 115 Alexandra Way, Carol Stream, on the following days.

Boys and girls ages 10 to 14 and under tryouts will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, and Girls 15, 16, 17, 18 and under from 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 21 and 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 26. A waiver must be signed by parent or guardian before the tryout.

For details, call (630) 736-8391 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.